Minnewaska Area vs. BOLD football - Section 5AA championship!

After the first quarter was complete, BOLD and Minnewaska Area stood in a 7-7 tie at Big Cat Stadium in Morris tonight.

A 20-yard touchdown ending a 11 play, 77-yard drive on a Jake Amundson reception from quarterback Austin Ostrander put the Lakers ahead 6-0 with six minutes left in the first quarter.

BOLD later scored with 1:35 left in the first quarter to knot the game up.

The two teams are squaring off for a Class AA state tournament berth.

At halftime: BOLD 21, Minnewaska Area 7. With 3:40 left in the first half, BOLD scored from seven yards out. Then on a punt return, the Warriors got a 48-yard return on the punt (making it a negative-14-yard-punt) and then scored on the first play of that drive from the 12-yard line.

Third-quarter update: with 7:06 left in the third quarter, the Warriors scored on a 10-play drive to go up 28-7.

The Lakers fell behind 35-14 in the second half and got to within 35-21 before the Warriors scored in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter to win 42-21.